Hot, dry weather drives western wildfires

July 30, 2015

Across the west, firefighters are working to beat back a spate of wildfires exacerbated by the hot, dry weather.

Mike Bonnicksen/Associated Press

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aporil 8, 2014, Washington State Patrol Trooper Brian Moore, left and Chelan County Sheriff department Deputy Jeremy Mannin talk about who is allowed past the road block on the Entiat River Road near the intersection with Mills Canyon as a wildfire burns in Entiat, Wash.

Mike Bonnicksen/Associated Press

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aporil 8, 2014, Washington State Patrol Trooper Brian Moore, left and Chelan County Sheriff department Deputy Jeremy Mannin talk about who is allowed past the road block on the Entiat River Road near the intersection with Mills Canyon as a wildfire burns in Entiat, Wash.